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Case Study—Community Capacity for Health: Foundation for a System Focused on Health

In: Handbook Integrated Care

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  • Marlene Raasok

    (Abrio Health)

  • Mark Seland

    (Abrio Health)

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Healthy/healthier people and accessible, quality and sustainable health care: We need both, but how? This case study takes place in Airdrie, Alberta, a Canadian province with Alberta Health Services as the largest single health authority. The community began its journey with the typical request—“we need a hospital”—but later realized what they wanted was to “own their own health, becoming Canada’s healthiest community.” Unique to their journey was the decision to partner with Blue Zones Project®. Airdrie would have been the first demonstration community outside the USA of this integrated methodology to transform community environments and make the healthy choices the easy choices, and in so doing, reduce need for, and cost of, public healthcare services.

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  • Marlene Raasok & Mark Seland, 2021. "Case Study—Community Capacity for Health: Foundation for a System Focused on Health," Springer Books, in: Volker Amelung & Viktoria Stein & Esther Suter & Nicholas Goodwin & Ellen Nolte & Ran Balicer (ed.), Handbook Integrated Care, edition 2, chapter 0, pages 897-912, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-69262-9_52
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-69262-9_52
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